Glossary for candidates by Barry Farber
A candid glimpse into campaign talk with translations for phrases heard at headquarters. It shows how friendly signals can mask negative expectations from insiders and the shift in loyalties as election day approaches. The tone conveys election dynamics and internal political calculus.
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Barry Farber
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Not Born Before Tea and Modern Inventions
A reflective note on Sydney Smith’s tea quip and a playful ranking of inventions from tea to anesthesia. The essay muses on what the author would and would not want to be born before, referencing technology, science, and daily items while noting Smith’s death in 1845 and Morton’s anesthesia use in 1846.
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Girls make good horseshoers in Tucson training course
Aziz AP reports Zip Peterson runs a Tucson program training women to shoe horses. Students take eight weeks of two three hour sessions with live horses only in the final phase. Peterson notes women are meticulous and less likely to injure horses, with no cripplings reported in 25 years of shoeing.
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